About the Authors

Richard P. Stumpf

Richard.stumpf@noaa.gov

Affiliation National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Timothy T. Wynne

Affiliation National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

David B. Baker

Affiliation Heidelberg University, National Center for Water Quality Research, Tiffin, Ohio, United States of America

Gary L. Fahnenstiel

Affiliation NOAA, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Muskegon, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TTW RPS GLF. Performed the experiments: TTW RPS. Analyzed the data: TTW RPS DBB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TTW RPS DBB GLF. Wrote the paper: RPS TTW. Design satellite analysis algorithms: TTW RPS.